
Movies that feel like Blow-Up (1966)
If you loved Blow-Up, the closest films we have are Don't Look Now (1973), Footprints on the Moon (1975) and Solaris (1972). All three share Blow-Up's contemplative and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
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If Blow-Up hit the spot, these will too

Both land stillness and tension at once
The difference: Missing the twists of Blow-Up

The same mix in both: twists, then dream logic
The difference: None of the melancholy Blow-Up is built on

Both keep coming back to the same thing: loss of sense of reality
The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than Blow-Up does

Common ground: loss of sense of reality

Both lean on melancholy more than on drama
The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Blow-Up does

One thread runs through both: burglar

Both are built on the same subject: murder

Mystery built on stillness, twice over

Dread-soaked thriller in both cases

The same preoccupation in both: murder

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases
The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1980s show
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